Mark
Mark places #245 across the country in 2025, holding steady. On the books since 1880, peaking in 1960: 1,362,176 American children so far.
What Mark carries
Mark · Latin
“of Mars”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Mark’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Mark, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Mark since 1880
Mark peaked in 1960 at #6; #245 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Mark is most common
Mark is most common in Alaska: 0.31% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. North Dakota (0.24%) and Hawaii (0.21%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Mark
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Diana
#244 in 2025 · Latin
Patrick
#235 in 2025 · Latin
Timothy
#203 in 2025 · Latin
Alan
#191 in 2025 · Latin
Max
#180 in 2025 · Latin
Valerie
#127 in 2025 · Latin
Vincent
#107 in 2025 · Latin
Mabel
#201 in 2025 · Latin
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About Mark
Where does Mark rank right now?
Mark places #245 across the country in 2025, holding steady. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Mark mean?
The reference we cite records “of Mars”, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Mark?
Nearest by the published recipe: Diana, Patrick and Timothy. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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